Today's Questions
10 June 2019
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Today's Editorial (Hindi)
10 June 2019
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Today's Editorial
10 June 2019
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Today's Headlines (Hindi)
10 June 2019
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Today's Headlines
10 June 2019
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एनसीजीजी और मालदीव मे एमओयू
भारत के अग्रणी लोक सेवा प्रशिक्षण संस्थान राष्ट्रीय सुशासन केन्द्र (एनसीजीजी) ने अगले पांच वर्षों के दौरान मालदीव के एक हजार लोक प्रशासकों के क्षमता निर्माण के लिए मालदीव सिविल सर्विसेज कमीशन के साथ एक समझौता ज्ञापन पर हस्ताक्षर किया है।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20485-2019-06-10-04-26-08
#MoU #NCGG #Maldives #SDGs #KVEapen

निजी स्कूलों के नाम से हटेंगे 'पब्लिक' शब्द
नई राष्ट्रीय शिक्षा नीति के मसौदे पर सरकार ने यदि अमल किया, तो देश के तमाम नामी निजी स्कूलों के नाम से 'पब्लिक' शब्द हट जाएगा। नई शिक्षा नीति में निजी स्कूलों के नाम से पब्लिक शब्द को हटाने की सिफारिश की गई है। साथ ही सुझाव दिया गया है
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20484-2019-06-10-04-25-33
#Public #Governmentschool #Privateschools

मालदीव के सर्वोच्च सम्मान पीएम को
पड़ोसी देश मालदीव ने प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी को देश के सबसे बड़े सम्मान 'निशान इज्जुद्दीन' से सम्मानित किया। इस दौरान पीएम मोदी ने मालदीव की पिछली सरकार के चीन के करीब जाने की तरफ इशारा करते हुए कहा कि राष्ट्रपति इब्राहिम सोलिह के पद ग्रहण करने के बाद द्विपक्षीय सहयोग की गति और दिशा में मौलिक बदलाव आया है।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20483-2019-06-10-04-24-45
#Maldives #NarendraModi #MarkIzzuddin #Lineoffcredits


Chandrayaan-2 mission
Chandrayaan-2, the country’s first moon lander and rover mission, is a month away. The Indian Space Research Organisation has marked mid-July for the take-off and kept the launch window open from July 9 to 16.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20489-chandrayaan-2-mission
#Chandrayaan2 #rovermission #wisdom #NASA

India, Maldives sign six key agreements
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the Maldives on 8 June 2019, his first state visit abroad since being re-elected to office, was marked by the signing of six key agreements, and substantive bilateral level talks, reaffirming cooperation between the two countries.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20488-india-maldives-sign-six-key-agreements
#NarendraModis #Maldives #Mou #sixkeyagreements

Global map of where groundwater meets oceans
Scientists have created high-resolution maps of points around the globe where groundwater meets the oceans — the first such analysis of its kind that may help protect both drinking water and the seas.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20487-global-map-of-where-groundwater-meets-oceans
#Globalmap #groundwater #submarine #satellites

NCGG and Maldives sign MOU
The National Center for Good Governance (NCGG), India’s leading civil services training institution, has entered into an MOU with the Maldives Civil Services Commission for capacity building of 1000 Maldives civil servants over the next 5 years.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20486-ncgg-and-maldives-sign-mou
#NCGG #MOU #Maldives #SDGs #KVEapen

Today Update

मालदीव, हिंद महासागर में चीन के साथ रद कर सकता है समझौता
भारत के मित्र देश मालदीव ने चीन को बड़ा झटका देने की तैयारी कर ली है। मालदीव, चीन के साथ एक बड़ी संधि (Deal) रद कर सकता है। मालदीव ने चीन के साथ हिंद महासागर में एक वैधशाला (ऑब्जरवेटरी) बनाने के लिए समझौता किया था। खबरों के मुताबिक अब मालदीव, चीन के साथ अपने इस समझौते को तोड़ सकता है। ये समझौता रद होना चीन के साथ भारत के लिए बड़ी जीत के तौर पर देखा जाना चाहिए।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20577-2019-06-18-04-50-53
#Maldives #Indian #Indiasfriendly #Pakistan #AbdullahYameen

अमेरिका और फ्रांस से हुए समझौतों से भारतीय नौसेना को लाभ
अमेरिका और फ्रांस के साथ हुए समझौतों से भारतीय नौसेना को हाल के वर्षो में काफी लाभ हुआ है। इन समझौतों से भारतीय नौसेना को हिंद महासागर के दूरस्थ इलाकों और अदन की खाड़ी में ईंधन, सूचनाएं और अन्य तरह का सहयोग हासिल होने लगा है। वरिष्ठ नौसेना अधिकारी के अनुसार दोनों देशों के साथ हुए समझौतों से भारतीय युद्धपोत हिंद महासागर, अदन की खाड़ी और फारस की खाड़ी में आसानी से अपने मिशन पूरे कर रहे हैं।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20576-2019-06-18-04-50-44
#IndianNavy #France #PersianGulf #NarendraModi #India

हथियारों की आपूर्ति में भारत को प्राथमिकता देगा अमेरिका
अमेरिकी संसद के दो सीनियर सेनेटर्स ने यूएस आर्म्ड कंट्रोल्स एक्सपोर्ट ऐक्ट में संशोधन का प्रस्ताव सदन में पेश किया है। इसके तहत भारत को भी नाटो देशों के समान दर्जा दिए जाने का प्रस्ताव रखा गया है। इससे भारत इंटरनैशनल ट्रैफिक इन आर्म्स रेग्युलेशन लिस्ट में अमेरिका के नाटो सहयोगियों की बराबरी पर आ जाएगा। फिलहाल अमेरिका की इस लिस्ट में इजरायल, ऑस्ट्रेलिया, न्यू जीलैंड और दक्षिण कोरिया शामिल हैं।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20575-2019-06-18-04-50-32
#America #NATO #NewZealand #ForeignMilitarySales #InternationalTraffic #ArmsRegulation

US-India ties on upward trajectory
The US and India have strengthened their ties in a number of key areas like defence, counter-terrorism, trade and energy over the years and would continue to take the cooperation to "new heights".
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20581-us-india-ties-on-upward-trajectory
#India #IACCGH #leading power #US #naturalallies #AtalBihari #MTCR

Bitcoin use causing huge CO2 emissions
The use of Bitcoin -- a popular virtual currency -- emits over 22 megatonnes of carbon dioxide annually, comparable to the total emissions of cities such as Las Vegas and Vienna, a study has found. Researchers from Technical University of Munich (TUM) in Germany carried out the most detailed calculation of the carbon footprint of the Bitcoin system to date.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20580-bitcoin-use-causing-huge-co2-emissions
#Bitcoin #CO2 #BTC #MIT #emissions #TechnicalUniversityofMunich

ADB approves infrastructure projects
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a project worth Rs 1,650 crore to develop infrastructure in seven district headquarter towns of Tripura. The ADB will provide Rs 1,650 crore, out of which 80 per cent will be grant-in-aid and the state will have to repay 20 per cent loan in due course of time.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20579-adb-approves-infrastructure-projects
#ADB #DEA #Asia #AsianDevelopmentBank #PFR #infrastructure

Facebook to unveil new cryptocurrency
Facebook is set to unveil a bid to bring cryptocurrency payments into the mainstream, reportedly with the endorsement of governments and financial giants. The world's biggest social network is expected to outline details of a virtual currency launching next year that it hopes will avoid the rollercoaster volatility of “blockchain” technologies such as bitcoin.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20578-facebook-to-unveil-new-cryptocurrency
#Facebook #cryptocurrency #Libra #blockchain #Uber #Visa #bitcoin

भारत और मालदीव के बीच स्‍वास्‍थ्‍य क्षेत्र में समझौते को मंजूरी
केंद्रीय मत्रिमंडल ने भारत और मालदीव के बीच स्‍वास्‍थ्‍य क्षेत्र में समझौते को मंजूरी दे दी है। इस समझौता ज्ञापन पर दोनों देशों ने 8 जून, 2019 को हस्‍ताक्षर किए थे। इस समझौता ज्ञापन के तहत निम्‍नलिखित क्षेत्र आयेंगे:
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20768-2019-07-04-04-36-01
#Maldives #health #India #PMModi #agreement #MoU #Telemedicine

राजद्रोह कानून खत्म करने का इरादा नहीं'
केंद्रीय मंत्री नित्यानंद राय ने कहा कि सरकार का राजद्रोह कानून खत्म करने का विचार नहीं है। मोदी सरकार के पहले कार्यकाल में राजद्रोह कानून को लेकर कुछ राजनीतिक दलों और सामाजिक कार्यकर्ताओं ने काफी आपत्ति जाहिर की थी। राजद्रोह कानून को सख्त बनाने की जरुरत है। वोट का अधिकार सरकारी नौकरी एवं सुविधाओ से वंचित लोक सभा राज्य सभा सहित किसी भी चुनाव मे लड़ने पर रोक लगनी चाहिये।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20767-2019-07-04-04-35-50
#laws #NityanandRai #Modi #LokSabha #IPC #RajyaSabha #JNU #KanhaiyaKumar

RBI forms working group CICs
The Reserve Bank on 3 July 2019 said it has constituted a working group that will review the regulatory and supervisory framework for core investment companies.
In August 2010, RBI had introduced a separate framework for the regulation of systemically important core investment companies (CICs), recognising the difference in the business model of a holding company relative to other non-banking financial companies.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20772-rbi-forms-working-group-cics
#RBI #CICsCorporateAffairs #investment #framework #TapanRay

NDIAC Bill introduced
A bill to set up an independent and autonomous regime for institutionalised domestic and international arbitration was introduced in Lok Sabha on 3 July 2019.
The New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (NDIAC) Bill, 2019, seeks to replace an ordinance issued in March this year by the previous government.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20771-ndiac-bill-introduced
#NDIAC #LokSabha #ICADR #RaviShankarPrasad #NewDelhi #SupremeCourt

Code on Wages Bill approved
The Union Cabinet on 3 July 2019 approved the introduction of a bill that will codify relevant provisions of four existing laws and intends to increase the legislative protection of minimum wage to the entire workforce. The Codes on Wages Bill, 2019 would benefit about 50 crore workers.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20770-code-on-wages-bill-approved
#UnionCabinet #WagesBill #BonusActAct #EqualRemuneration #Act1976

UNESCO report on disabilities
More than one in four children with disabilities between ages 5 and 19 in India have never attended any educational institution, while three-fourths of five-year-olds with disabilities are not in school. A report by UNESCO and the Tata Institute of Social Sciences released on 3 July 2019 recommends structural, funding and attitudinal changes to ensure that no child is left out of the right to education.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20769-unesco-report-on-disabilities
#UNESCO #India #primaryschool #RTEAct #SocialScience #TataInstitute

Chennai-Vladivostok sea route
India and Russia are against “outside influence” in the internal matters of any nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said after talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on 4 September 2019 during which they discussed ways to bolster cooperation in trade and investment, oil and gas, nuclear energy, defence, space and maritime connectivity.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21392-chennai-vladivostok-sea-route
#Chennai #Vladivostok #NarendraModi #EEF #India #outsideinfluence

Coordination committee for Census
A coordination committee headed by chief secretary was constituted in Jammu and Kashmir on 4 September for Census-2021, an order issued by the General Administration Department (GAD) stated.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21391-coordination-committee-for-census
#Coordination #GAD #Census #JammuandKashmir #GirdhariLal

India hikes contribution in Global Fund
Strengthening its commitment towards eliminating AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, India has increased its contribution to the Global Fund to $22 million for the 6th replenishment cycle (2020-22), up 10% over the amount contributed in the fifth cycle.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21390-india-hikes-contribution-in-global-fund
#India #GlobalFund #AIDS #G20 #BRICS #malaria #tuberculosis

Higher procurement price for ethanol
The Union Cabinet on 3 September 2019 approved a higher procurement price for ethanol purchased by oil marketing companies for the ethanol blended petrol (EBP) programme, which will come into effect from December 1 for a period of one year.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21389-higher-procurement-price-for-ethanol
#ethanol #EBP #UnionCabinet #Cheavy #procurement #oil

Treaty on mutual legal assistance
India and Maldives on 3 September 2019 signed a treaty on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters as External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Maldivian counterpart Abdulla Shahid discussed ongoing cooperation in various fields and ways to further strengthen the bilateral ties.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21388-treaty-on-mutual-legal-assistance
#India #SJaishankar #AbdullaShahid #Maldives #IOC #MLAT

Vikram performs second maneuver
The Vikram Lander of the Chandrayaan-2 mission successfully carried out the second de-orbiting maneuver in the early hours of 4 September 2019, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21387-vikram-performs-second-maneuver
#Vikram #Chandrayaan2 #ISRO #moon #Pragyaan #spacecraft

India's banana and Climate Change
Climate change may lead to a significant decline in banana production in India -- the world's largest cultivator and consumer of the crop, according to a study.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21386-india-s-banana-and-climate-change
#ClimateChange #India #Bananas #Brazil #agricultural #fruitcrop

Major connectivity project in Maldives
India will fund the implementation of a major connectivity project in Maldives through a USD 400 million line of credit and USD 100 million grant, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on 13 August 2020 after holding wide-ranging talks with his Maldivian counterpart Abdulla Shahid.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/24984-major-connectivity-project-in-maldives.html
#Maldives #SJaishankar #GMCP #majorconnectivityproject #UPSCOnlineClasses #OnlineClassses #IASOnlineclasses

First ever cargo ferry with Maldives
The first ever Cargo Ferry Service between India and the Maldives was jointly launched on 21 September 2020 opening a new chapter in connectivity initiatives in the Indian Ocean Region.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/25879-first-ever-cargo-ferry-with-maldives.html
#Maldives #cargoferry #MPL #SCI #UPSCOnlineClasses #OnlineClassses #IASOnlineclasses

Watch KSG Explainer: #India #Maldives connected by ferry service; Indian #Market for Maldivian exporters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWuE4kXiJ5M&list=PLCUwtp5IghZlGtWhDAkuXVFs8MLdVey75

Watch:KSG Explainer - Biennial trilateral exercise ‘Dosti’ 2021 #UPSC #IAS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYPUhAF78UY

Today's Headlines - 19 July 2023
BIMSTEC Foreign Ministers’ meet
GS Paper - 2 (International Relations)

The first-ever Foreign Ministers’ meeting of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) began in Bangkok, Thailand. India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was also present, and said that areas of coordination challenge that were discussed, including health and energy security.

What is BIMSTEC?

BIMSTEC is a regional organisation that was established in 1997 with the signing of the Bangkok Declaration.
Initially known as BIST-EC (Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka-Thailand Economic Cooperation), the organisation is now known as BIMSTEC and comprises seven members, with Myanmar joining towards the end of 1997, and Bhutan and Nepal in 2004.
Around 22% of the world’s population lives in the seven countries around the Bay of Bengal, with a combined GDP close to $2.7 trillion.
All seven countries have sustained average annual rates of growth between 3.4% and 7.5% from 2012 to 2016. A fourth of the world’s traded goods cross the bay every year.
Cooperation within the BIMSTEC had initially focused on six sectors in 1997 (trade, technology, energy, transport, tourism, and fisheries) and expanded in 2008 to other areas.
In 2021, a reorganisation led to each of the Member States leading certain sectors. India focuses on security, along with counter-terrorism and transnational crime, disaster management and energy.

Growth of BIMSTEC as a regional forum

Despite having been in existence for many years, the grouping had been largely ignored until India gave it a renewed push in October 2016, a month after the terrorist attack in Uri.
Alongside the BRICS summit in Goa, India hosted an outreach summit with leaders of BIMSTEC countries.
Weeks earlier, some of these countries had supported New Delhi’s call for a boycott of the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit scheduled in Islamabad that November.
SAARC includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka as its members. When that summit was postponed, India claimed victory in isolating Pakistan.

China on mind

The Bay of Bengal is crucial for an increasingly assertive China in maintaining its access route to the Indian Ocean.
As China has undertaken a massive drive to finance and build infrastructure in South and Southeast Asia through the Belt and Road Initiative in almost all BIMSTEC countries, except Bhutan and India, BIMSTEC is a new battleground in the India-China battle for dominance.
BIMSTEC could allow India to push a constructive agenda to counter Chinese investments, and instead follow best practices for connectivity projects based on recognised international norms. The Chinese projects are widely seen as violating these norms.
The two organisations — SAARC and BIMSTEC — focus on geographically overlapping regions. However, this does not make them equal alternatives.
SAARC is a purely regional organisation, whereas BIMSTEC is inter-regional and connects both South Asia and ASEAN.
Since the SAARC summit has only been postponed, not cancelled the possibility of revival remains.

#upsc #news #bimstec #foreignminister #bangkok #technical #economic #cooperation #affairsminister #thailand #jaishankar #energy #security #bangladesh #myanmar #bhutan #nepal #sevencountries #terrorism #disaster #management #SAARC #finance #india #china #south #asian #newdelhi #maldives #srilanka